Space Art

First Step

 
In 1969, during a walk on the Moon, Buzz Aldrin took a photo of the print his spacesuit's boot made on the lunar surface. While the photo was taken to determine the soil mechanics of the lunar regolith, the emotional aspect of a man placing his foot on another world reverberated with humanity on planet Earth.

Cece Bibby: The Mercury Artist

If you search hard enough every once in a while you will find a true gem of a person and with them, a story. Cece Bibby is one of those gems. As a graphic artist performing contract work for NASA in the early 1960's, Cece had a ringside seat to the beginnings of manned spaceflight.

Chesley Bonestell: Coast to Coast in 40 Minutes

If Robert McCall is the star of the space artists, then Chesley Bonestell is  the Dean of all Space Artists. In fact, many of the current crop of space artists will tell you that Bonestell was a major influence on their career and their work in the genre.